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HD SWM Compatible Dish For RV

I have been trying to get a dish for my RV and I am confused. I have an HR24 DVR in HD that is setup in the SWM configuration. I checked on the Winegard Traveler but that requires 2 feed lines,BBC's and a very time consuming resetup of the DVR. Is there any way to maintain the SWM on an RV. Either fully auto or semi auto. I would really like to just move the DVR from home to RV without the time consuming reset. Thanx

First off let ask, are you planning on a roof mought antenna or a portable? What part of the country are you in? A roof mought is the easyest but does $$. Go to wingard.com
and check what they have. Changing from swm to muliti switch is not that hard.

You will have to get another power inserter, possible splitter (if more than 1 receiver). Also you will need the slimline dish and an SL5-S or SL3-S. Make sure it's the SWiM version of the LNB otherwise 2 cables will be needed. Also don't use the built in wiring of the RV unless you can replace the solitudes with DirecTV green labeled ones. It would be much easier to get a dish on a tripod, the 18" round dish to be exact. It can only et SD channels but moat people dont have 50" plasmas in their RV. I'm using an SD Dish currently on my RV trip and it's working great. You can reply back for more detailed instructions on either setup.

The Winegard TRAV'LER SK-3005 would appear to be your ONLY option. I'm pretty sure it has a legacy LNB assembly that isn't interchangeable with an SWM LNB assembly. Street prices are around $1,400 (installation not included).

DIRECTV was taking a pretty nasty beat-down in RV circles prior to the arrival of this unit.

Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought. -- JFK

Thanx for everyone's input. I believe I understand now. Just add a SWM8 to the Traveler and 1 coax with power supply to the HR24 from the SWM8. Satellite setup should be the same as my home dish which uses the 3 LNB SWM dish. So I should be able to move my HR24 from house to RV with no changes.

Go to winegard.com and click on rv antenna and you will see a sl5 that is auto tuned AND you do not even need the reciever connected as it finds the birds, I have one on my rv and it works great, just push the on button on the controler and ur good to go. It can run on either 1,2,3,4 cables and comes with two. about $1700.00

Sorry to hijack, but I am staying in my bro-in-law's 5th wheel that has a Winegard Trav'ler. I connected up an HR24-700, setup as a Slimline 3/multiswitch, but at first it was only seeing 3 sats, then I changed the satellite setup to Slimline 5/Multiswitch, but it is only seeing 4 sats, it isn't picking up the 99 sat at all. My bro-in-law didn't have a BBC, so it isn't getting everything, anyway...